Ransomware Response Consulting Services in Arlington

Overview of Progent's Ransomware Forensics Investigation and Reporting Services in Arlington
Progent's ransomware forensics consultants can save the evidence of a ransomware attack and perform a comprehensive forensics analysis without slowing down the processes required for business continuity and data restoration. Your Arlington organization can use Progent's post-attack ransomware forensics documentation to block future ransomware assaults, assist in the cleanup of lost data, and comply with insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.

Ransomware forensics is aimed at discovering and documenting the ransomware attack's storyline throughout the targeted network from start to finish. This history of how a ransomware attack progressed within the network helps your IT staff to assess the impact and brings to light shortcomings in policies or processes that should be corrected to prevent future breaches. Forensic analysis is typically assigned a top priority by the cyber insurance carrier and is typically mandated by government and industry regulations. Since forensics can take time, it is essential that other key activities such as business resumption are pursued in parallel. Progent has an extensive team of information technology and cybersecurity experts with the knowledge and experience required to perform activities for containment, operational continuity, and data restoration without interfering with forensic analysis.

Ransomware forensics is arduous and requires intimate interaction with the groups responsible for data restoration and, if necessary, payment talks with the ransomware attacker. Ransomware forensics typically require the review of logs, registry, Group Policy Object, Active Directory (AD), DNS, routers, firewalls, scheduled tasks, and core Windows systems to detect changes.

Services involved with forensics investigation include:

• Disconnect without shutting off all potentially suspect devices from the network. This may require closing all Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports and Internet facing NAS storage, changing admin credentials and user passwords, and implementing 2FA to guard your backups.
• Capture forensically sound duplicates of all suspect devices so your file restoration group can get started
• Save firewall, virtual private network, and other critical logs as soon as feasible
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Examine every machine and data store on the system including cloud storage for signs of compromise
• Inventory all encrypted devices
• Determine the type of ransomware used in the attack
• Review logs and sessions in order to establish the time frame of the assault and to identify any possible sideways movement from the originally infected machine
• Understand the security gaps exploited to carry out the ransomware attack
• Look for new executables surrounding the original encrypted files or system breach
• Parse Outlook web archives
• Examine attachments
• Extract any URLs from email messages and check to see if they are malware
• Provide comprehensive incident reporting to satisfy your insurance carrier and compliance mandates
• Suggest recommended improvements to close security vulnerabilities and improve workflows that lower the exposure to a future ransomware breach

Contact Progent about Ransomware Forensics Analysis Expertise in Arlington
To find out more information about how Progent can help your Arlington business with ransomware forensics, call 1-800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.